Vasilis is a member of the Structured Finance, Projects & Energy practice group.
He has successfully advised domestic and foreign sponsors and financiers in large and complex project financings in the sectors of infrastructure concessions and public private partnerships, energy and real estate. Vasilis has also experience in advising on acquisitions and joint ventures in the energy sector.
He has acted on behalf of international bidders and awarding authorities in the context of infrastructure and real estate concession tenders.
In addition, he has provided legal support to financiers in the debt restructuring (both in contractual and pre-insolvency rehabilitation procedures) of large businesses and businesses of regional interest in Greece.
c.280m EUR project financing of Kalamata-Rizomylos-Pylos-Methoni Road Axis PPP
Euripides Ioannou and Vasilis Tsintavis advised a syndicate of Greek banks on the c. 280m EUR financing for the construction of the 49 km Southwest Peloponnese Road Axis-Section Kalamata-Rizomylos-Pylos-Methoni. The project is one of few motorway PPPs in Greece and was sponsored by a consortium of Ellaktor and Intrakat.
Project financing of 330MW wind farm cluster
Euripides Ioannou and Anthea Terlegas, supported by associates Dimitra Rachouti, Vasilis Tsintavis, Efstathia Yperifanou, Panagiotis Pougouras and Alexandros Vaisidis, represented a syndicate of Greek systemic banks on the project financing of a 330MW cluster of wind farms on the island of Evia sponsored by one of Greece’s largest renewable energy companies. With a construction budget reaching €530 million and the intricacy of a connection to Greece’s mainland grid through a submarine high-voltage cable system, the project will, upon completion, be the largest wind farm project in Greece.
Advising major international bank in respect of an 826 MW CCGT plant
Partner Euripides Ioannou and Associate Vasilis Tsintavis advised a major international bank on the Greek law aspects of a c. 83,000,000 € buyer facility agreement in respect of an 826 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) plant being developed in Central Greece
Admissions
Athens, 2018
Languages
Greek
English
German
Education
Oxford University, MJur (in Corporate, Competition and Economic European Law), 2017
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens LLM in Civil Law, 2016
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens LLB, 2014